Policy and Place: General Medical Practice in the UK

ISBN-13: 9780333730393 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 204 str.

Graham Moon

Opis

General practice as developed in the UK National Health Service has few parallels. Moreover, it has been the subject of substantial reform over the past decade.
This book synthesises and presents recent research and policy development in the NHS, focusing particularly on general practice and primary care. From a health policy context, it assesses the diverse impacts of health care reforms on general practice and examines the future challenges facing primary health care in a dynamic policy environment.

Spis treści

Introduction.- The Development of General Practice: From Potions to Purchasing.- Promoting Better Health.- Gatekeeping and Beyond: GP Fundholding and Commissioning Models.- Accounting for their Actions: Regulation and the GP .- Practices and Patients.- Practices in Context: Urban and Rural General Practice.- GPs and their Patients: Relationships Defined by Profession and Policy.- General Practice, Health and Social Care: Histories and Challenges.- Conclusion: Comparisons and Futures.- Bibliography.- Index.

O autorze

GRAHAM MOON is Professor of Health Services Research and Associate Director of Research at the University of Portsmouth. He has published widely in the areas of health geography and health policy and is editor-in-chief of the journal Health and Place.

NANCY NORTH is Senior Lecturer in Health Policy at the University of Portsmouth. She is co-editor (with Yvonne Bradshaw) of Perspectives in Health Care (1997, Macmillan Press) and her research interests include health care commissioning, consumerism and NHS reform.